PHILADELPHIA — Andre Martin was close to hurting somebody. The 51-year-old South Philadelphia man, incarcerated in his youth, recalled when a jailhouse conflict between him and another young man ...

Violence against Black women and girls is a longstanding national epidemic that has long been overlooked and underreported. Though they make up less than 5% of Los Angeles’ population, Black women are ...

State Medicaid agencies had previously had the authority to add violence prevention services as a benefit, but these were not used until recent actions by CMS. In the United States, disparities that ...

Let’s be honest: We have never had a successful public safety strategy in Black and brown communities. Until now. Imagine an effective policing strategy that makes neighborhoods safe; causes residents ...

Community Peacekeepers say reducing shootings means confronting poverty, trauma and instability in the neighborhoods most ...

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Violence prevention and intervention programs have expanded rapidly across the country thanks to support from the Biden-Harris administration. This past June, the U.S. Surgeon General issued its first ...

In 2020, the U.S. experienced a 30% surge in gun-related homicides, with firearm deaths becoming the leading cause of mortality for children and adolescents. Four years later, in June 2024, Surgeon ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday marks a year since the beginning of a program designed to cut down on violence in Chicago. The program is called Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago, ...

Earlier this month, a wrenching tragedy on the Far North Side was met with predictable calls for more of the same tough-on-crime policies that have repeatedly failed survivors of gender-based violence ...

Newport News announced Friday that it has appointed Synethia White as its first Community Violence Prevention Manager in the city’s bid to reduce violence and enhance community safety. During his ...

In an op-ed published by Governing, Nick Wilson writes about the effectiveness of community violence intervention programs in curbing gun violence. Violence prevention and intervention programs have ...